On the rolling hills outside Canadian, Texas, where cattle herds were decimated and fertile ranchland has been reduced to a charred wasteland, some things are too painful to discuss.
Over the last 40 years, Perini Ranch Steakhouse has catered numerous events, but few more memorable than that of September 11th, 2001. In this special episode, Tom and Lisa Perini share their unique perspective from the historic day as they prepared to cater the Congressional Picnic at the White House.
Mike Capron never felt comfortable until he settled west of the Pecos River.
Fort Worth–based Harvest Returns offers new investment avenues into agricultural projects.
Inspired by Taylor Sheridan, celebrity tattoo artist Dillon Forte has brought his penchant for sacred geometry and all-black aesthetics to his exclusive ranch in the Hill Country.
Protocol Farms near Bowie takes inspiration from Japanese methods of feeding Wagyu, which includes jazz playing through the speakers and cool pens.
After starting as a feedyard trainee with Cimarron Feeders in Texhoma, Oklahoma, in 1994, Gene Lowrey worked his way up to his current post as general manager of XIT Feeders, a thriving cattle operation that prioritizes sustainability.
Before Buffalo Gap was host to Perini Ranch Steakhouse, thousands of buffalo would make their way through as part of the Great Western Trail. After a long day’s ride, chuckwagons were an essential part to those driving the herds.
It's nowhere near as stringent as the Japanese system, leading some companies to come up with their own grading. R-C Ranch wants to see that change.
Trade wars with Japan, $250 vials of semen, and livestock-filled airplanes all contributed to the still-growing industry of Wagyu beef today.
Even when interest rates are high, people want a place where they can hunt actual bucks.
Peeler Farms in Floresville hones its niche in the rapidly expanding Wagyu market—and doesn’t compromise service in the process.
Sterry Butcher on the path that led her to move to Marfa and find God “in the details” while writing about rural Texas.
At some restaurants, paying more for a Wagyu steak may lead to disappointment. Not so with the products from A Bar N Ranch in North Texas.
Texas Monthly’s barbecue editor goes all in on Wagyu beef—and the Texans who produce it.
The multigenerational ranch’s Midland Meat Company sells its famous Wagyu-Angus-Hereford crossbred beef directly to consumers.
He’s pushing ninety and still saddling up at the Four Sixes Ranch. Just don’t call him the last cowboy.
CEO Jim Schwertner credits the persistent success of Capitol Land & Livestock to a data-driven algorithm.
In Matagorda, the Huebner Brothers Cattle Company has been leading a semiannual cattle drive for more than a hundred years.
After Becky Smith took over the B-C Ranch in Alpine, her all-women team took a different approach to wrangling cattle.
Given the choice between an influx of vampire bats and an influx of tech bros in Patagonia vests . . .
A New Braunfels man isn’t quite sure that he has a firm grasp on this fundamental aspect of Texas rural life.
From her studio near the Chihuahuan Desert, Alice Leese paints what it feels like to be out on the ranch.
A San Antonio start-up rewards regenerative agriculture with the help of companies looking to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.
These Texans think so.
Imagine all the westerns filmmaker Taylor Sheridan could shoot on 266,000 acres of property.
The uneasy alliance between ranchers and the oil industry goes all the way back to the early wildcatting days in West Texas. But today, that relationship is more fraught than ever.
The ninety-year-old conservationist and fried-chicken tycoon reflects on land stewardship—and the invaluable lessons he learned as a young door-to-door salesman.
Taylor Collins and Katie Forrest welcome guests to their sprawling Hill Country home.
Nothing comes easy when you’re dividing up the countryside.
Life on the ranch was hard enough already, and full of uncertainty. Then a string of dead calves turned up, and everything pointed to murder. But why? And how? A Longview mystery.
Wallace wrote about the life and times of Myrtis Dightman, a rodeo star who should've been champ.
When Hurricane Harvey hit Hungerford, seventeen-year-old Logan Goudeau and her community came together to save their livestock. By helicopter.
Everything old is new again at Contigo Ranch.
A struggling community forges a life for itself against the odds.
The scion of one of Laredo’s first families wants to build a mammoth landfill on his ranch. But the opposition is fierce and vocal—and backed by none other than his uncle and his cousin.
The mouth of the Colorado River, in Matagorda County.
After Texas Tech researchers discovered that windstorms may be spreading antibiotic-resistant bacteria from local feedlots, public health experts stood up and took notice. So did the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
Chronicling a mythic ranch—and its cowboys—with twenty-first century technology.
Why is the federal government claiming thousands of acres of riverfront property from a bunch of North Texas landowners?
The great trail drives head for the last roundup.
Texas Monthly gets an exclusive look inside the iconic Main House of the King Ranch.
Taking stock of small-town stock shows.
The descendants of Richard and Henrietta King do hereby invite you into the King Ranch with these exclusive photographs of the one-hundred-year-old Main House.
Texas wildlife officials say they’re just trying to stop the spread of a deadly infection. Deer breeders see another agenda at work.
The short answer: Maybe, but it’s not likely to succeed.
When torrential storms brought raging flood waters to their ranch in Eastland, the Barrett family took to the muddy waters to rescue their prized horses.
A ranching photo essay.
How the sale of the Powderhorn Ranch is the greatest thing to have happened for Texas.
These three properties are yours for the ogling.
